Paula Patton breaks her silence about split with Robin Thicke

The starlet poses topless for Vanity Fair‘s June 2014 issue and breaks her silence regarding her split from Robin Thicke. While the “Blurred Lines” singer has publicly praised his wife post-split, both on stage and in interviews, Paula has remained mum—until now.

The two began dating as teenagers in Southern California. Before their first kiss, Thicke sang Jodeci‘s “Forever My Lady” to her in his parents’ living room. “He wasn’t my first kiss,” says Patton, “but he was my first lots of other things.” Married since 2005, the exes are parents to son Julian, 3.

So is there a chance Patton and Thicke will get back together? “We’ve known each other since we were teenagers. All I can tell you is there’s a deep love there—always was, and always will be,” Patton says.